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Other major highways that run through the city include Georgia State Route 91, Georgia State Route 133, Georgia State Route 234, and Georgia State Route 520. Albany is located on Georgia State Route 300 (Georgia-Florida Parkway), which provides easy access to Cordele, and Interstate 75 to the northeast and south to Camilla, and Thomasville. The ...
The Albany metropolitan area, officially the Albany metropolitan statistical area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and U.S. Office of Management and Budget, is a metropolitan statistical area consisting of five counties in the U.S. state of Georgia: Baker, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, and Worth.
Albany City Hall building in Georgia, USA, mid–20th century. Davis Pace, 1857 [1] Richard F. Lyon, 1858–1859 [1] James M. Mercer, 1860 [1] F. K. Wright, 1861 ...
Dougherty County is located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 85,790. [1] The county seat and sole incorporated city is Albany. [2] Dougherty County is included in the Albany, GA metropolitan statistical area.
Southwest Georgia is a fourteen-county region in the U.S. state of Georgia, [1] bordering Alabama and Florida. Colloquially referred to as SOWEGA, the region is anchored by Albany—its most populous city and the region's sole metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 United States census, Southwest Georgia's
Map of the United States with Georgia highlighted. Georgia is a state located in the Southern United States.According to the 2010 United States census, Georgia was the 8th most populous state with 9,688,681 inhabitants and the 21st largest by land area spanning 57,513.49 square miles (148,959.3 km 2) of land. [1]
The U.S. Census Bureau lists fourteen metropolitan areas (Metropolitan Statistical Areas) and four trading areas (Combined Statistical Areas) in the U.S. state of Georgia. The tables below include the U.S. Census Bureau's most recent population estimates (2023; released March 14, 2024). [1]
With the opening of the Albany Mall in the northwestern part of the city in 1976, most long-established firms closed their stores in downtown Albany, and commercial growth shifted to the north near the Lee County line. Mayor James H. Gray Sr. led an effort to revitalize the downtown area, with the Albany Civic Center as its crown jewel. The ...